Rahul Gandhi mocks PM with ‘Modilie’ from ‘English dictionary’ in a tweet, BJP responds with ‘grow up Rahul’

The Bharatiya Janata Party was quick to react to the post, with the party’s national spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao calling it the Congress party’s “steep degeneration”.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi.&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspPTI

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi stirred a fresh storm on Wednesday after he posted a screenshot of what appeared to be from an online dictionary where he searched for a word that resembled the Prime Minister’s name.

With a caption “There’s a new word in the English Dictionary. Attached is a snapshot of the entry”, Rahul Gandh tweeted a screenshot of the search result of the word in the dictionary.

The search result of the word ‘Modilie’ showed the meaning as ‘to constantly Modify the truth’, ‘to lie incessantly and habitually’ and 'to lie without respite’. Times Now could not ascertain the authenticity of the information shared.

Interestingly, though the Congress president took a veiled dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the post also showed an advertisement on the right where Gandhi is seen hugging an old woman, an image that went viral with the NYAY (Nyunatam Aay Yojana) campaign that the Congress party announced in its Lok Sabha election manifesto for 2019.

The Bharatiya Janata Party was quick to react to the post, with the party’s national spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao calling it the Congress party’s “steep degeneration”.

“Yesterday, Rahul Gandhi said he favours a ‘new political language’ to debate issues... 24 hours later, the Congress president returns as a social media troll. His incompetence to articulate real issues is evident in silly tweets. This marks INC’s steep degeneration. Grow up Rahul!” Rao tweeted.

Yesterday @RahulGandhi said he favours a "new political language" to debate issues. 24 hrs later, Congress President returns as a social media troll. His incompetence to articulate real issues is evident in silly tweets. This marks @INCIndia's steep degeneration. Grow up Rahul! https://t.co/pmdCzBUGda

Political discourse has continued to stoop to new lows lately, with all political parties who are at loggerheads, be it national or regional, taking personal potshots at leaders and the Election Commission of India has had to crack down on them for violation of its Model Code of Conduct.

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Rahul Gandhi mocks PM with ‘Modilie’ from ‘English dictionary’ in a tweet, BJP responds with ‘grow up Rahul’Description:The Bharatiya Janata Party was quick to react to the post, with the party’s national spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao calling it the Congress party’s “steep degeneration”.Times Now